Einar Helander

Einar Helander graduated as MD in 1953 and took a PhD in biochemistry in 1957, and has held posts as university professor in Sweden. For six years he was a senior consultant to the Swedish Government's Board of Health and Welfare. He has been a scientist at the U.S. National Institute of Health at Bethesda, Md. In 1967, he started as consultant to the World Health Organization's European Office. In 1974, he was recruited as Chief Medical Officer for the Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Programme at WHO's Headquarters in Geneva. He has also been Medical Director at the U. N. agencies in Rome. He then held a senior post at the U.N. Development Programme, New York, until 1998, and has been a consultant to the World Bank. For four years he was a visiting professor at The All-India Institute of Medical Science in New Delhi. He is well known for creating international community-based health and social programmes and for authoring a detailed field manual, which is translated to over 50 languages. He is now Professor of International Health and Social Policies at a University, Lisbon, Portugal.

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